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Jack Goldstein x 10,000
Jack Goldstein x 10,000
Phillip Kaiser
DelMonico Books/Prestel Publishing and Orange County Museum of Art

Nominator: Amy Fortunato

Designer: Lorraine Wild & Xiaoqing Wang
Art Director: Lorraine Wild & Xiaoqing Wang
Design Firm: Green Dragon Office

Submitted into 50 Books
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Jackson Squared
Jackson Squared
Tom Varisco
Broken Levee Books

Nominator: Erik Winkowski

Designer: Tom Varisco, Uyen Vu, Gregory Good
Art Director: Tom Varisco
Design Firm: Tom Varisco Designs
Other Credits: Photography: Will Crocker, Jackson Hill, Tom Varisco---Writers: John Biguenet, John Carr, Nicole Biguenet Pedersen, Susan Sarver

Submitted into 50 Books


James Joyce
James Joyce
Gordon Bowker


Nominator: Jennifer Carrow

Art Director: Rodrigo Corral
Other Credits: Illustration by Vivienne Flesher

Submitted into 50 Covers


Japanese American Photography: Commemorative Edition
Japanese American Photography: Commemorative Edition
Cody Westerbeck and Dennis Reed
One Cat Press

Nominator: Dennis Reed

Designer: Dennis Reed
Art Director: N/A
Design Firm: One Cat Press

Submitted into 50 Books


Jasper de Beijer: The Innocent Abroad
Jasper de Beijer: The Innocent Abroad
Jasper de Beijer, Erik Bos, Hans den Hartog Jager, Sander Creman
99 Uitgevers/Publishers

Nominator: Jasper de Beijer, Anja Groten

Designer: Anja Groten
Art Director: Anja Groten
Other Credits: Published in 2012 on the occasion of the following exhibitions:Asya Geisberg Gallery, New York, 2012Galerie Nouvelles Images, The Hague, 2012TZR Galerie Kai Brückner, Düsseldorf, 2012The Empire Project, Istanbul, 2013 This book has been printed in an edition of 800 copiesText: Erik Bos, Hans den Hartog Jager Translation / Editing: Willem Kramer, Erik Bos, Sander CremanDraft / Compilation: Jasper de Beijer, Anja GrotenDesign: Anja GrotenCover illustration / c-print on Kodak Endura Metallic paper: Jasper de Beijer, The Recollector (09_11), (detail)Photography: Jasper de BeijerLithography / Printing: NPN Drukkers, BredaBinding: Van Mierlo, NijmegenPublishers: Jasper de Beijer, Amsterdam / Galerie Nouvelles Images, The Hague /99 Uitgevers/Publishers, HaarlemThis publication was made possible in part thanks to the generous support of Eike Hovermann, Paderborn and Galerie Nouvelles Images, Den Haag. Special thanks to: Erik Bos, Sander Creman, Willem Kramer, Eyes On Media, Mart. Warmerdam, Yuti, Mika, Ilya

Submitted into 50 Books
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Jasper Johns / In Press: The Crosshatch Works and the Logic of Print
Jasper Johns / In Press: The Crosshatch Works and the Logic of Print
Jennifer L. Roberts
Hatje Cantz

Nominator: Steven Waldron

Designer: Verena Gerlach
Art Director: Steven Waldron
Design Firm: Harvard Art Museums In-House

Submitted into 50 Books


Jazz: Body and Soul
Jazz: Body and Soul
Bob Willoughby (photographer, author); Christopher Willoughby, Robin Morgan (editors)
Evans Mitchell

Nominator: Christopher Willoughby

Designer: David Orr
Art Director: David Orr
Design Firm: Bob Willoughby Photography

Submitted into 50 Books
Submitted into 50 Covers


Jenny Saville: Continuum
Jenny Saville: Continuum
John Richardson


Nominator: McCall Associates

Designer: Michelle Nix
Design Firm: McCall Associates

Submitted into 50 Books


Jess: O! Tricky Cad & Other Jessoterica
Jess: O! Tricky Cad & Other Jessoterica
edited by Michael Duncan
Siglio

Nominator: Lisa Pearson

Designer: Natalie Kraft
Art Director: Natalie Kraft

Submitted into 50 Books
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Jewish Jocks
Jewish Jocks
Franklin Foer & Marc Tracy
Twelve

Nominator: Catherine Casalino

Designer: Mark Ulriksen
Art Director: Catherine Casalino
Other Credits: Illustration by Mark Ulriksen

Submitted into 50 Covers


John Heartfield and the Agitated Image
John Heartfield and the Agitated Image
Andrés Mario Zervigon
The University of Chicago Press

Nominator: Jill Shimabukuro

Designer: Isaac Tobin
Art Director: Jill Shimabukuro
Design Firm: The University of Chicago Press

Submitted into 50 Books


John Robshaw Prints
John Robshaw Prints
John Robshaw and Elizabeth Garnsey
Chronicle Books

Nominator: Chronicle Books

Designer: Sarah Caplan
Art Director: Allison Weiner
Design Firm: MPH Design

Submitted into 50 Books


Jonathan Adler 100 Ways to Happy Chic Your Life
Jonathan Adler 100 Ways to Happy Chic Your Life
Jonathan Adler
Sterling Publishing

Nominator: Matthias Ernstberger

Designer: Brett Tabolt, Jong Woo Si
Art Director: Matthias Ernstberger
Design Firm: ME&Friends

Submitted into 50 Books


Josef Sudek: The Legacy of a Deeper Vision
Josef Sudek: The Legacy of a Deeper Vision
Maia-Mari Sutnik
Hirmer Verlag

Nominator: Gilbert Li

Designer: Marcelo Hong
Art Director: Gilbert Li
Design Firm: The Office of Gilbert Li

Submitted into 50 Books


Joseph Anton
Joseph Anton
Salman Rushdie


Nominator: theBookDesig

Designer: Ian Shimkoviak
Art Director: Robbin Schiff
Design Firm: theBookDesigners

Submitted into 50 Covers


Judgment Calls
Judgment Calls
Davenport & Manville
Harvard Business Review Press

Nominator: Catherine Casalino

Designer: Catherine Casalino
Art Director: Stephani Finks
Design Firm: Catherine Casalino Design

Submitted into 50 Covers


Julianne Swartz: How Deep Is Your
Julianne Swartz: How Deep Is Your
Rachael Arauz and Cassandra Coblentz; edited by Terry Ann R. Neff
deCordova Sculpture Park + Museum and Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art

Nominator: Dina Deitsch

Designer: Garrick Gott
Art Director: Garrick Gott
Design Firm: Garrick Gott Graphic Design Studio

Submitted into 50 Books
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